o.b. ads
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A British Tampax ad using nudity (1992) - And see other ads directed at teenagers.
See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates).
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Ad for o.b. menstrual tampon, France, 1989

The Saatchi & Saatchi agency, with headquarters in London, created this great ad for o.b. tampons, which appeared in December 1989.

The top part says,"The tampon adopted by the majority of women in Europe." The French, as well as many other Europeans, write large numbers with "." marking off the thousands, rather than the "," used in America. Thus the word "o.b." is altered to indicate a very large number. Clever, no?

Do you know what o.b. means? Ha, that's what YOU think! See German and Dutch ads for variations on the truth.

o.b. ads
German (early 1950s) - German (1970s) - German nude (1970s) - French (1989)

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